2009 Season Calendar
Rain-Outs, Postponements, and Schedule Changes
should be approved by Commissioner Mike Julian
Day |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Event |
Mon. |
March 30 |
6pm |
Altgeld |
Opening Coaches' Meeting |
Mon. |
April 13 |
6pm |
Altgeld |
Coaches' Meeting |
Mon. |
April 20 & later |
Call Mike |
Storage Garage |
Equipment Available |
Sat. |
May 2 |
10am |
Varies |
Softball Pre-Season begins |
Mon. |
May 4 & later |
Call Mike |
Storage Garage |
Uniforms Available |
Wed. |
May 13 |
6pm |
Altgeld |
Boys Baseball Coaches' Meeting |
Sat. |
May 16 |
10am-4pm |
Livingston |
Registration Blitz Day/
Softball Regular Season Begins |
Sat.-Fri. |
May 16-June 5 |
Varies |
Altgeld & Livingston |
Baseball Pre-Season Games |
Sat. |
May 30 |
9-11am |
Livingston Field |
T-Ball Begins |
Thurs. |
June 4 |
6pm |
Altgeld |
Final Coaches' Meeting (tentative) plus Schedule Distrib. |
Sat. |
June 6 |
10am |
Livingston |
Opening Day with Mayor Daley and Sec. of State White ( see home page)/
Baseball Regular Season begins |
Sat. |
July 4 |
All Day |
Livingston |
Family Community Picnic (Bring items) |
Sat.-Sat. |
July 11-18 |
Varies |
Livingston and Skinner |
Girls Play-offs & World Series–
check Schedule |
Sat.-Mon. |
July 25-27 |
Varies |
Livingston and Altgeld |
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Thur.-Sat. |
July 30-Aug. 1 |
Varies |
Livingston and Altgeld |
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Sat. |
Aug. 8 |
6-7:30 |
Chicago Hope Academy |
Awards Cere-mony & Dinner (Return jerseys & equipment) |
Fri.-Sun. |
Aug. 7-9 |
Varies |
Altgeld & Livingston |
Boys 13-14 Annual August Tournament |
Sat. |
Aug. 29 |
9-11:15 |
Livingston |
Final T-Ball & Picnic (Return jerseys) |
UPDATE as of June, 2009: Thanks to the tremendous support from Mayor Daley, his Department of Planning and Development, and his Chicago Park District, along with Aldermen Danny Solis (25th), Bob Fioretti (2nd), Walter Burnett (27th), and Ed Smith (28th), Livingston Field was dedicated as a City park on Opening Day. NWLL had pleaded its case to the IMDC at quarterly meetings for the last four years and even filed a lawsuit against them for lack of open meetings and disclosure. The City had to sacrifice other public land in exchange for the Park. Recent IMDC leadership neglected the City's local partnership and posted signs on two fences (shown below) for the last two years stating their intention to unneccesarily build on the site and destroy our field of dreams, which has been a great community asset and green space for 15 years. Good government matters, and the IMDC must accountability to community oversight!  On May 20, 2009 the City Council approved the acquistion of Livingston Field as Livingston Park from IMD, though sadly at the expense of trading other land. On July 19, 2007, the City Council (sponsors Ald. Burnett, Ald. Fioretti, and Ald. Solis) and Mayor Daley unanimously passed a resolution urging the IMDC to keep Livingston Park a baseball field, and we deeply thank them for their official support! Without their long-term devotion, the Park and NWLL would have been bulldozed and pushed aside by the IMDC. NWLL strongly condemned IMDC's self-serving position.
Here are some summer 2007 articles:
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Contact Information
Near West Little League
c/o Chicago Hope Academy
2189 W. Bowler St.
Chicago, IL 60612
312-217-0680
help@nearwest.org
NWLL Fields and Maps
2008 Summer Interns: (Vital with umpiring, field maintenance, transportation, and clinics)
| Bryant Baker, cell 267-337-4315 |
Reggie Storey, cell 206-498-4489 |
Note: NWLL has no 2009 interns. Instead, we developed work incentives for high schoolers.
Board Officer Contacts:
Bob Muzikowski, Founder and President
e-mail bobmuz@msn.com
Tina Muzikowski, Founder and Treasurer
e-mail tinamuz@comcast.net
c/o Chicago Hope Academy
office 312-491-1600 |
Mike Julian, Commissioner and V. P.
cell 312-217-0680
e-mail mjulian165@comcast.net
–Serves as Boys Baseball Coordinator
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Chris Campbell, Player Agent and Altgeld Park liaison
cell 312-685-4480
e-mail bulldog24245@yahoo.com |
Charlie Gunn, Secretary and Information Agent
cell 312-927-8563
e-mail chicagogunn@netscape.net
–Serves as Girls Softball and T-Ball coordinator |
Sandy Albecker, Board Member at Large
home 312-243-5584
e-mail walbec1@hotmail.com |
Sam Jimenez, Safety Officer
home 773-383-5091
e-mail jimenezsam11@yahoo.com |
NWLL is an all-volunteer organization. We welcome your help to serve our youth. NWLL maintains a volunteer mailing list to announce coaches' meetings and special events. Please fill out the form below to sign-up as a volunteer according to your interests.
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